• Hicks v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-10-24
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Bernes, Debra
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    Case Number: A08A1030

    An investigator's testimony that drug dealers frequently keep their drugs in disposable containers like pill bottles and usually buy one piece of crack cocaine was insufficient to prove the defe

  • Waller v. Rymer

    Publication Date: 2008-10-24
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    Judge: Bernes, Debra
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    Case Number: A08A1087

    The trial court's failure to define the clear and convincing evidence standard in its punitive damages charge did not require reversal under O.C.G.A. § 5-

  • Olds v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-10-24
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Bernes, Debra
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    Case Number: A08A1495

    It has been long settled that a jury should be permitted to limit what they rehear to what they desire to rehear, absent special circumstances, which might work an inju

  • Dennis v. First Nat'l Bank of the South

    Publication Date: 2008-10-24
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    Judge: Bernes, Debra
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    Case Number: A08A1579

    No consideration supported a bank's alleged oral promise to release the plaintiffs' debt on thier property in return for less than the amount owed on their renewed

  • RHL Properties LLC v. Neese

    Publication Date: 2008-10-24
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Bernes, Debra
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    Case Number: A08A1306

    A fact question existed as to whether the parties waived strict compliance with the purchase agreement's contractual notice provision through their course of co

  • Williams v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-10-24
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Bernes, Debra
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    Case Number: A08A1420

    The officer was entitled to conduct a warrantless search of the defendant's person incident to his lawful a

  • In the Interest of C. J. L. C.

    Publication Date: 2008-10-24
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Bernes, Debra
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    Case Number: A08A1687

    The mother's failure to complete treatment for her substantial ongoing drug problems, to pay child support, to complete any of her other case plan goals, and to develop a bond with the child su

  • Bridges v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-10-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Bernes, Debra
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    Case Number: A08A1202

    Any error in admitting a witness's testimony, which may have bolstered the victim's credibility, was harmless, since it was cumulative of other evi

  • Daimler Chrysler Motors Co. v. Clemente

    Publication Date: 2008-10-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Bernes, Debra
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    Case Number: A08A0870; A08A0871; A08A0872

    Agreement between automobile manufacturer and an authorized dealer stated that neither was the other's

  • Cash v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-10-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Bernes, Debra
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    Case Number: A08A1276

    Any error in excluding the victim's written prior inconsistent statement was harmless, since defense counsel thoroughly cross-examined the victim about inconsistencies between the written statem